Updating a previous item, Kansas City Chiefs LB Justin Houston is scheduled to make $13.195 million this year after having the franchise tag placed on him Monday, March 2, according to a source. The Chiefs have until July 15 to agree on a long-term deal with Houston.

Free-agent LB Justin Houston (Chiefs) is moving closer to franchise tag status with the Kansas City Chiefs. There were rumors talks on a new deal had begun, but sources indicate the rumors are false and the team will likely slap the tag on Houston.

Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce, who led the team with 67 catches and 862 receiving yards in 2014, is expected to be a more prominent part of the passing offense in 2015 after the team released TE Anthony Fasano Thursday, Feb. 26. Kelce was in the lineup for roughly 65% of the snaps last year. However, the Chiefs were most effective with three tight ends in the lineup last year, so they may shop for another tight end in the draft of in free agency.

Fantasy Tip: Depending on whether KC adds another tight end for the rotation, Kelce could be a low-end TE1 with considerable upside, especially if the Chiefs make some notable wide receiving additions to take some attention away from Kelce.

Fantasy Tip: The Chiefs could use a big-play receiver and Hardy certainly put up eye-popping numbers in Greenville in head coach Ruffin McNeill's high-octane offense. Hardy could be a nice sleeper for fantasy owners in the right system.

University of Oklahoma WR Dorial Green-Beckham is drawing interest from the Kansas City Chiefs. "Physically, we think he has all the gifts in the world," Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said Thursday, Feb. 19. "We've all admired him. All of us who have been in the state of Missouri and the Kansas City area have seen him afar, have admired his physical traits. I think now what people want to do is get a feel for him as a person, see where he is at this state. Just see where he is, that's what we are doing. We will be meeting him in the next couple days and I look forward to it."

Fantasy Tip: Kansas City owns the No. 18 pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, and Green-Beckham is projected as a potential first-round pick. He has all the physical tools but issues off the field make him a risk. However, the Chiefs haven't had a receiver catch a touchdown pass since 2013 so Green-Beckham could make a quick impact if he ends up in Kansas City.